Shōbōgenzō (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye)

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Dōgen's central work: a collection of 95 fascicles composed between 1231 and 1253, written in vernacular Japanese rather than classical Chinese. Each fascicle is a stand-alone meditation on practice, perception, language, or doctrine — Genjōkōan, Bendōwa, Uji, Sansuikyō, Busshō, and others have circulated independently for centuries. The text is the foundational scripture of Sōtō Zen and one of the most commented-on works of medieval Japanese Buddhism.

tr. Kazuaki Tanahashi (ed. & trans.), Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, Shambhala 2010 (2 vols.)

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Original language

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Dōgen

Lineage: Sōtō

By Dōgen

• How to Sit (Fukanzazengi, opening)practice-instruction
• Not Aware of Enlightenmentproverb
• Continuous Practiceproverb
• Flowers Fall, Weeds Springproverb
• Firewood and Ash (Genjokoan)sermon

From Shobogenzo

• Not Aware of Enlightenment
• Continuous Practice
• Firewood and Ash (Genjokoan)
• Enlightenment Is Like the Moon Reflected in Water (Genjokoan)
• To Study the Self
• Being-Time (Uji)
• Spring Does Not Become Summer

Sources

• contentTreasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo

  Kazuaki Tanahashi (ed. & trans.)

  Editor's introduction, vol. 1

  Shōbōgenzō, the masterwork of Eihei Dōgen (1200–1253), is widely recognized as one of the profoundest expressions of Zen wisdom and the founding text of Japan's Sōtō Zen school.